6 injured in knife attack at Guangzhou station

[Ahiska]

Interesting

 

[kalu_miah]

Wishing for full recovery of all injured persons. I think these are Uighurs again:
Knife attack at Chinese train station injures six - CSMonitor.com

The knife attack in the southern city of Guangzhou was the third such incident since March. Suspicion has fallen on China's Uighur minority, though facts are thin on the ground.

 

[Kaalapani]

what is this madness.
WHy cant they go and attack police station instead of civilians then they will face the real music.

 

[Sergi]

Why shot dead ??? Should have arrested him alive and should have make him talk & then hang.

 

[NiceGuy]

I've warned u guys Chinese many times already. Ur Govt. is going broke bcz of bad economy now, they dont have enough money to stop terrorism any more. Take care of urselves . The issue in SCS(east sea) is to far from u, all u guys must care abt now is trying to protect ur families and try to survive ,too.

 

[bolo]

Softer touch needed to battle extremism

Global Times

Since the 1990s, the actions of the East Turkestan forces have ratcheted up by gaining momentum from pan-Islamism and pan-Turkism, posing a great threat to China's public security.

The year of 2008 marked the beginning of an active season of terrorist activities by the East Turkestan forces. And the Tiananmen Square attack in October 2013 was a watershed incident that signaled the infiltration of East Turkestan terrorists from border areas to the center of the country.

Kunming witnessed a serious attack this March, which caused a large number of civilian casualties. Two months later just before the May Day holidays, two suicide bombers detonated explosives at the Urumqi South Railway Station, killing one civilian and injuring 79.

Under the new circumstances, China's top leadership has prioritized anti-terrorism. Chinese President Xi Jinping paid his latest inspection tour to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region at the end of April. Xi met with the local frontline security forces, stressing that the stability of this area is vital to the whole nation.

This rare visit sends a signal that anti-terrorism and anti-separatism efforts have been completely endorsed by the top leadership, and China is about to mobilize the strength of the entire society and work out a comprehensive strategy to counter terrorism.

Anti-terrorism efforts require not only an iron fist, but also soft skills. Only a balance of both sides can produce positive results.
China is now at a critical stage of transformation, which has inevitably raised many social problems. Any trivial spat in Xinjiang could be hyped up and twisted to be an ethnic or religious conflict by terrorists, who wish the Han and Uyghurs to be pitted against each other.

In the movement of countering terrorists and separatists, it is crucial for the authorities to guide public opinion correctly, unlink terrorism from any specific religious or ethnic group, and respect the freedom of religious belief of the minorities. Otherwise, a negative feedback effect, which means more countermeasures bring more terrorist attacks, may occur.

In recent years, Chinese authorities have put most of their focus on a two-pronged strategy in dealing with the rising terrorism in Xinjiang.

On the one hand, they have prioritized economic development of Xinjiang and are trying to improve the living standard of Xinjiang civilians, especially Uyghurs. On the other hand, law enforcement is sticking to a hard-line and active approach to crack down on any kind of terrorism.

Now, attention also needs to be paid to some soft but essential measures, such as public relations.

How to make the government policies prevail over extremist religious propaganda matters to the authorities' efforts to stabilize and enrich the border areas.

The Chinese government must pay attention to the importance of PR work, which can prevent the western development strategy and other policies to support Xinjiang's development from being deliberately stigmatized as exploitation of Xinjiang's resources.

This invisible frontline where different ideologies conflict is even more important than crackdowns on tangible terrorist attacks.
Since the terrorists base their legitimacy on religion, it is time for the authorities to unite religious figures who enjoy high respect and are patriotic. These religious figures can play an important role in preventing extreme thoughts from spreading in mosques, schools and prisons.

Besides, the authorities need to destroy underground pulpits, strengthen supervision over the Internet, and improve the community-based correction system. These measures will minimize the influence of terrorism and extremist ideologies.

The rise of terrorists also sounds an alarm for Chinese society that anti-terrorism is no longer just the government's duty, but has developed into an all-community commitment.

Not only military and law enforcement forces should be engaged, every social organization and even individual must get involved. This arm-the-entire-society strategy will be able to nip many terrorist attacks in the bud.

Moreover, crisis management and emergency responsiveness must be emphasized. They can coordinate every unit of anti-terrorism forces, minimize the impact of terrorist attacks and restore the social order as soon as possible.

The author is an associate professor at the School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China.

Softer touch is needed? Seriously?

Luckily no one was killed, the security really did their job.

Three got away? security is mediocre at best.

 

[TaiShang]

I've warned u guys Chinese many times already. Ur Govt. is going broke bcz of bad economy now, they dont have enough money to stop terrorism any more. Take care of urselves . The issue in SCS(east sea) is to far from u, all u guys must care abt now is trying to protect ur families and try to survive ,too.

Your warning will be ignored because it lacks intellectual consistency and honesty. You seem to take pleasure at others' suffering. This sort of behavior will only make you look sneaky but not smart.

Terrorism happens because China is getting stronger. If it were weak, no one (no third parties such as Turkey and the US) would provide logistics and political/moral ideology as well as, through the terror camps Turkey operates for anti-Syrian terrorists, training. These are petty efforts to weaken China as much as possible.

Otherwise, China is strong enough to deal with the terrorists on land, and you guys in the sea. If China wants, can build an apartheid wall in the whole border area to the northwest like the one in the West Bank and broke all the egg-heads inside, breaking some good ones along the way. Xinjiang is only half-Uighur (roughly 10 million out of 20), so, the region will continue to prosper even when all Uighurs are relieved from their pain.

So, we will keep engaging you in the SCS and take back the occupied islands in due time. At the same time, we will deal with the ethno-religio terrorism in Xinjiang. Whatever the terrorists and their backers are doing, they are doing it at their own peril.

Softer touch is needed? Seriously?

I think the GT article suggests a hybrid approach, using both means effectively. So, that probably means more counter-terrorism and preventive actions as well as more efforts toward bringing those people to a normal life ideology. Easier said than done, obviously. I am sure the government is working hard on this.

 

[NiceGuy]

Your warning will be ignored because it lacks intellectual consistency and honesty. You seem to take pleasure at others' suffering. This sort of behavior will only make you look sneaky but not smart.

Terrorism happens because China is getting stronger. If it were weak, no one (no third parties such as Turkey and the US) would provide logistics and political/moral ideology as well as, through the terror camps Turkey operates for anti-Syrian terrorists, training. These are petty efforts to weaken China as much as possible.

Otherwise, China is strong enough to deal with the terrorists on land, and you guys in the sea. If China wants, can build an apartheid wall in the whole border area to the northwest like the one in the West Bank and broke all the egg-heads inside, breaking some good ones along the way. Xinjiang is only half-Uighur (roughly 10 million out of 20), so, the region will continue to prosper even when all Uighurs are relieved from their pain.

So, we will keep engaging you in the SCS and take back the occupied islands in due time. At the same time, we will deal with the ethno-religio terrorism in Xinjiang. Whatever the terrorists and their backers are doing, they are doing it at their own peril.

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U dont wanna hear me, u dont believe that ur Govt. is going broke like USSR, thats why China is full of terrorist now. Then, Okay, thats ur choice. U think u can build an apartheid wall when u r bowing down and beg for some cheap Yen from Japan again ?? U think US-JP will still donate money to China when u kill ur people like in Tienanmen incident ?? what an illusion.

The Truth is: China situation now is just like its situation in 1978 when it was so poor and surrounded by alot of enemies and China decide to bow down to Japan-US again and chose VN to attack, but this time VN is not US's enemy any more , so if the war break out again like in 1979 . China wont get support from US-JP and its economy will collapse even faster .

 

[TaiShang]

U dont wanna hear me, u dont believe that ur Govt. is going broke like USSR, thats why China is full of terrorist now. Then, Okay, thats ur choice. U think u can build an apartheid wall when u r bowing down and beg for some cheap Yen from Japan again ?? U think US-JP will still donate money to China when u kill ur people like in Tienanmen incident ?? what an illusion.

The Truth is: China situation now is just like its situation in 1978 when it was so poor and surrounded by alot of enemies and China decide to bow down to Japan-US again and chose VN to attack, but this time VN is not US's enemy any more , so if the war break out again like in 1979 . China wont get support from US-JP and its economy will collapse even faster .

Prove how the Chinese government is going broke. Then we can cut short this mindless rumbling.

I quote:

April 17, 2014 (Xinhua) -- China's fiscal revenue climbed 9.3 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2014 to reach 3.5 trillion yuan (568.71 billion U.S. dollars), the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Thursday.

Central government revenue stood at 1.55 trillion yuan, up 6.4 percent year on year. Local government revenue stood at 1.95 trillion yuan, up 11.8 percent from the same period last year, the MOF said.

How is this going broke. China's fiscal revenue, which is over 2tr USD, only can buy several small countries, including yours.

You can rape Tienanmen Incident over and over again for your own short brain orgasm. We are not impressed.

 

[NiceGuy]

Prove how the Chinese government is going broke. Then we can cut short this mindless rumbling.

I quote:



How is this going broke. China's fiscal revenue, which is over 2tr USD, only can buy several small countries, including yours.

You can rape Tienanmen Incident over and over again for your own short brain orgasm. We are not impressed.

Dont just look at the Fake number. Just look at the Fact that : China govt. dont have enough money to stop terrorism and the terrorism is getting worse day after day, its export also tumbling badly in Q 1.

Terrorism will soon drive ur country into serious panic , many Chinese will feel so dissatisfied with ur incompetent Govt, and it may lead to civil war ; If u dont belive, then time will answer u guys.

 

[TaiShang]

Then prove that the Chinese government does not have funds to deal with ethno-religio terrorism.

Terrorism will only bring the nation more firmly together.

Flag sales skyrocketed in the US right after the Twins were brought down. Huntington was almost joyful at the scene. Read The Clash of Civilizations. (Do not buy it; a waste of money really. Check out online copies. Or read reviews. That's better).

 

[BoQ77]

No one know what are the attackers ?
even Chinese officials don't confirm that is terrorism or not

 

[Tshering22]

What is wrong with these guys? Why are they attacking innocent passengers with knifes? In the last few years, there have been brutal attacks against common citizens in China by blade wielding loonies. Why are they doing this?

 

[TaiShang]

What is wrong with these guys? Why are they attacking innocent passengers with knifes? In the last few years, there have been brutal attacks against common citizens in China by blade wielding loonies. Why are they doing this?

Ethnic-religious extremism. That's it.

It increased recently because terrorism cannot be thought apart from a larger geopolitics.

Syrian Crisis has really rejuvenated global extremism by providing fertile ground for tactical and ideological training. Saudi Arabia provides the ideology. Qatar provides the money. Turkey provides the logistics. The US oversights the whole process. Imagine about 80.000 global terrorists have flocked into Syria.

These people have a sick mentality of 'ummah" and "khalifa;" so they have a zero cognition of the notion of nation state. They see Xinjiang as part of their larger global cause. Just as they see the North Caucasus as another battle ground. War in Afghanistan and instability in the Waziristan region also produces a lot of crazy lunatics who find death a sort of reward and in fact wish for it. Women and children are also involved. Think about Jihad Sex in Syria.

There is really no sensible way of dealing with this people. For religion, they will cut the throat of their own sons. Sooner or later, China will have to go on a full-extermination mode; just as President Assad and Lebanon Hezbollah Party fighters do in Syria. That's how they are cleaning up Hums, for example.

 

[NiceGuy]

Then prove that the Chinese government does not have funds to deal with ethno-religio terrorism.

Terrorism will only bring the nation more firmly together.

Flag sales skyrocketed in the US right after the Twins were brought down. Huntington was almost joyful at the scene. Read The Clash of Civilizations. (Do not buy it; a waste of money really. Check out online copies. Or read reviews. That's better).

Time will answer ur question. Dont forget Tienanmen square incident almost torn ur country apart, and China still suffer US sanction until now for slaughtering their own people

Just wait and see what will happen, I guess that soon there will be a new Tienanmen incident happen to protest against ur incompetent Govt. .